Henrik Theiling skrev:
> Only few things need to be fixed (I think there was no
> final long -u in Germanic for some unknown reason (to me))
That's only incidental. For some reason feminine u-stems
were rare in PIE, and since the final *H_2 which is the
usual culprit for final *î and *â ( < *iH_2, *eH_2) was a
feminine marker final *û was also rare. Latin -û was
usually the result of monophthongization of *-ou, which
of course became -au in Germanic. Anyway since Germanic
*-ô eventually became -u or zero Latin -û shouldn't really
be a problem. It simply merges with -ô as -u at some point,
and shares with it in triggering u-umlaut.
Now I have to shut up. My quota for today is filled, and I
have to sleep!
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/BP 8^)>
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